Play the ExxonMobil chart challenge

ExxonMobil (XOM), Oil and gas. This challenge is 200 sessions, from July 15, 2010 to April 28, 2011, plus 60 earlier sessions of context. You picked the company on this page. On the chart the name and the dates are hidden, and the price is rescaled so the close before session 1 equals 100.

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The shape of this chart

ExxonMobil from July 15, 2010 to April 28, 2011 is the oil rebound. The crash itself is the Chevron challenge, on earlier dates. This stretch is +47.4%, split almost evenly, +20.3% then +22.5%. The low is session 2. The drop from the high is −8.9%, and the worst day is March 10, 2011 at −3.6%, late rather than at the open. 116 sessions close up. The dip to remember is March 16, 2011.

+47.4%Buy and hold

−8.9%Deepest drop from a high

116 of 199Closes that rose

−3.6%Worst session · March 10, 2011

+20.3%First 100 sessions

+22.5%Last 100 sessions

What you trade

Buy and hold makes +47.4% and the deepest drop from a high is −8.9%. 116 of 199 closes are higher. The first 100 sessions are +20.3% and the last 100 are +22.5%. On a path this steady, extra trades are the usual way to fall behind the benchmark.

This page names ExxonMobil because this challenge is that company. The daily puzzle and a random practice game keep the company hidden. Inside this round the chart still hides the name and the dates until you finish.

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A lesson that fits this chart

Moving averages (SMA and EMA) — The trend, smoothed